skysight-inc/HackerNews huggingface dataset:
I would not say 'foul', but I wouldn't like to work in that space. It feels to heavy and I personally like techie things like devices splattered around and at least one 'hardware table' with a scope + soldering iron and such. Books are nice, but leather bound? Pretentious; I rather have books which are actually read and look shit.

Of course it's a matter of taste and I think this part is nice to receive customers / partners. But for me (and at least a few of my colleagues) it would have to be a lot looser than this. And lighter.

And about the suits; I have a bit of an issue with that because it was mandatory for programmers to wear a suit here not 15-20 years ago. And I did and hated it. I do it now when there are formal events or client contact, but outside that, I really feel forced if I wear such a thing. Again; matter of taste. I do agree you should try and that you DO feel more powerful doing it. It just doesn't mix that well with coding :) IMHO.
The 3D Printers of Maker Faire & Beyond
Except for a year in a dorm where I couldn't disable my dorm room door's automatically-lock-when-shut behavior, I've developed a simple habit that's kept me from ever locking myself out of my car or home since: never lock the place/vehicle from the inside, or let it lock itself. I can't lock the deadbolt on my apartment when I leave without the key. And I can't lock my car from outside without the key. It's a way of forcing me to always have my keys.

So while I love the convenience this idea provides for shared access to places, and for frictionless don't-even-have-to-get-out-my-keys access, locking oneself out is a solved problem in my book. (Sure, I could lose my keys, but I could also lose my phone—and the redundancy here is another nice and fun thing provided by this system.)

(This habit was largely inspired by getting a car which refused to let me lock myself out: if I pushed the lock button down on the driver's door while the door was open, and then shut the door, it unlocked itself. Previously I'd had one where you held the handle out to override this behavior, but this one insisted on being locked from the outside. And then I noticed that this was keeping my from locking myself out like I had a few times with the old one.)
Traditional Programming Language Job Trends
Getting (Officially) Started on HTTP/2.0
I'm not sure that actually happened, and is probably a mis-representation by the journalist. I imagine that investing a lot of his own money has got the board, uh, on board, and proven that he is very serious about the things he wants to do.

But I might be wrong.
It's hard to write "do it any way you can" code when you're dealing with a GUI object model. PHP works because all you're doing is writing to stdout.
Why is that? Simply because you have all your eggs in one basket? Or is it for the social proof and connections that comes from having someone else make the investment?
Absolutely.

I loaded all of my paid accounts and spit out some numbers that I was curious about:

* have they invited clients? how long into the trial did they do this?

* have they invited team members (only applied to certain accounts)? how long into the trial did they do this?

* how many projects have they created?

* how many tasks have they added?

* how many comments and other activities did they create?

* have they integrated with a 3rd party? when did they do this?

I realized that some accounts use all-encompassing tasks, and some are pretty granular. But almost all of them had at least a few - but truthfully, that's a no brainer. Planscope's only useful if you've loaded in some tasks.

What I quickly began to realize was the obvious: when you go out of your way to bring your paying clients into some new software, you're probably going to stick with it. After all, no one wants to say to their client "Oh, yeah, so that Planscope app we've been using... well the trial ran out. Let's move on!"

The less obvious was how important having a 3rd party tool was. If someone is paying for Harvest or Freckle, they obviously spend money on their business. +1. Likewise, if they use one of these tools they specifically signed up to Planscope because they hate tracking time and want to log their time from within their task management product. Once someone sees the magic of working on a task in Planscope and having their time logs synced, they're likely going to convert.

Actual metrics:

93% of paid customers have invited at least one client, most did it within the first few days. This is a chick-and-egg situation - some people sign up to Planscope when they hear about it, but their trial will likely expire before they have a new client project to work on. I'm working on ways to improve this.

78% of accounts have linked to a 3rd party tool. Not really sure yet if the remaining 22% don't know they can, don't have a tool we support, or don't have a tool at all.
Access OS X Virtual Hosts in Windows 7 Virtual Machine
> Any reason not to use red ?

Orange.

If it's good enough for carrots and William the Silent, it's good enough for me!
I'm the founder of UberTags, which is a similar solution. We automatically transform doc.writes to appends to handle async. I'm assuming GTM does something similar.
Given how slide rules work, there would have to be a great number of marks, for the same reason that there cannot be only one unique ratio of integers that approximates Pi.
From the FAQ [1]:

"However, if you would like to access Lockitron only via your local network, then we welcome you to flash your base-station with a new image that gives you full access to develop as you see fit"

https://lockitron.com/faq

Obviously I've done about as much research as you so far, so it's very possible the scenario that I describe is unlikely. The point of my initial post was simply to reflect on the fact that in some cases I'd love to use this, and in other cases, maybe not so much.
Large numbers of people are still voting them to the top almost weekly. I don't think we can blame this on new users.
I just went to Quora.com and see nothing that would convince me to spend more than 30 sec. there. They need a better home page to engage potential users who are curious about what that site is. A one sentence blurb about solving all my problems doesn't make me believe it. I want to see examples so I can see exactly what kind of problems and how they will be solved. E.g. on Stack Overflow there is a list of questions and answers that are being asked.
Blogging and Blackmail
Controlling only 51% of the current operating power of the miners would take over eventually but it would take a very long time. Since each client trusts the longest chain, you would have to recompute a new chain that's longer than the entire chain so far. If you only pay for an extra 1% over the "legitimate" chain, it would take several years to make a longer chain.
If Bitcoin becomes the currency of the entire future economy, the initial distribution method will have been proved to be a non-issue. More likely, Bitcoin will be one currency amongst many, and the early adopters will sell their windfall gradually according to supply and demand.
Different screen sizes, different capabilities of machines, more of an eye on performance, and persistent apps mean actually thinking about memory management.

Unless Zend's idea is "bring localhost to your mobile phone," there are going to be a lot of hurdles to adoption.
wood and leather are less durable and harder to clean probably
I have to build my entire project

With good tools (IDE and build automation) coupled with continuous integration/deployment, this doesn't have to feel like a tax.
Quora's Expert's Exchange inspired blurring of text to hold content hostage is anything but encouraging.

It's user contributed content. Stop treating it with such disrespect.
Breaking a window is actually a far more effective (and common) method of entry for thieves than bothering to pick a lock.
New project, Programmer.com, a Freelance marketplace
Greetings HN, I respect the HN community and would love to hear your feedback on my freelance gig site, programmerr.com, launched last month. It's a marketplace for freelancers (programmers, designers, and writers, etc) where buyers and sellers can buy and sell small freelance gigs for $5, $10, $25, and $50.

I’ve been working on the site to improve the design for a nice look, please take a look at Programmerr (http://www.programmerr.com).

- Gigs for $5, $10, $25, and $50
- Integration with Paypal
- Social sharing of gigs to spread the word
- Users can suggest a gig to bring attention to a seller
- Easy to access Order button
- Gigs can be created anywhere in the world
- Similar to Fiverr but more focus on popular Freelance categories

Category highlights are:
Advertising
Business & Accounting
Data Entry
Graphic Design
Internet Marketing
Mobile Phone
Music & Audio
Technology
Video
Web Development
Website Design
Writing & Content

Please leave feedback, would love to hear from you. I am always willing to learn from you in order to improve the functionality and the site as a whole
Regards,
Graham

http://www.programmerr.com
No, its my fault. I love a good debate and sometimes I jump into places where I shouldn't. This isn't the first time I've caused a misunderstanding of this sort.
There is an experimental build of Chromium called Dartium that contains a Dart VM. It isn't practical for daily use, but it's a taste of things to come.
You could always buy one of these from Amazon...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005Y1CPSU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?...

I know it is not a laser cutter (it uses a miniature blade), but you can take existing artwork or printouts and get really nice cuts with the software and USB. It can also score, for the folding portions.

I've used it for similar projects (kirigami - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirigami) and glass etching (making stencils). Not bad for less than $300.

Anyways, awesome site and a cool idea. I wish you guys much success!
Ask HN: We started our first software company, how can we improve our website?
Dear HN, we are two seasoned software engineers, previously working on large enterprise applications in investment banking and Big Four companies, now trying to leave our corporate past and go on our own. We are the best in serious back-end Java and web development (we recently launched an online trading platform for physical gold), just built a website (www.codedose.com) and launched AdWords campaign along with spreading the word across our peers trying to attract some first customers.

What can we do to improve our website? Any hints are greatly welcome, we feel like it's just the beginning really.
O'Reilly has a forthcoming book 21st Century C[1] by Ben Klements. I haven't read it yet, but it clearly aims to be a new look at C programming.

[1]: http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920025108.do
Microsoft has their own Windows Phone in the works
> We won’t charge your card until your Lockitron is ready

Interesting.. so you don't even need the money for the first production run, pure crowd-hype marketing. Also very ballsy of YC to sidestep kickstarter like this.. although i suppose 1000 pre-sales isn't huge.

As for the product, some nice feature improvements over v1.0, although i'm not a fan of the new plasticy design-- i would not want to see that thing on my door unless I had to, for any price.
My cable modem has an internal battery backup (Comcast Business in California); if you unplug your modem does the phone still work?
clickable: http://www.codedose.com/
the homepage is beautiful. huge step forward in both design aesthetics and marketing clarity. congrats to all involved.

but as far as i can tell, only the homepage is responsive. this is terrible. i understand that mountains must be moved in order for the full microsoft.com site to change to a single responsive layout, but in the meantime this may actually be a step backward in terms of mobile usability. users are going to be confused as hell navigating through from responsive to desktop and back again.

it's a little premature to celebrate a responsive victory.
OK, I am going to add yet another appreciation (!) of the onboarding screen! The arrows and the wording were very persuasive in asking the user to install the bookmarklet. (well, it goes hand in hand with being French, no? ;-) )

The size of your tldr summary page was too long for my browser window (the share button was below, and I had to drag the window around to read the last few lines). My screen is 1366x768 in total (some of it is taken away by the taskbar)

I see you are relying on community feedback to grow the content. Hey, it seemed to work for Quora. So, perhaps it will work for you too. Your frontend looks better to gis.to (they do summat similar thing, yes?)

I might sign-up and add a few summaries later on. I also second some of the ideas that others mention:

- Notify users about some of the tldrs that were curated on a given day.

- on landing on a page, the bookmarklet/extension will notify if tldr exists

- sidebar/community integration

I am sure, you all have tons of other/better ideas too. :)

All the best and Good Luck!

EDIT: OK, I noticed that gis.to was mentioned already and also read your response.
I see them all the time. I pre-ordered mine on launch and I've used it tons since.

My iPad 3 normally collects dust as the N7 form factor is so much better and lighter for reading, despite the screen inferiority.
RadPad launches in Los Angeles as the first photo-based rental application
Having others buy in to your idea validates it. If you can't get investment for a movie it's probably a sign it's not very good, or the market for it is exceedingly narrow and might consist entirely of you.
Your junior-level knowledge of web development is coming out in your overly negative and anti-PHP ranting today. The end result of any backend web service is quite simply "writing to stdout". That's how HTTP works. How exactly does the transport mechanism have any bearing on the platform?

Let's not forget web development today consists of a substantial amount of both back-end and front-code, the latter of which operates in a fashion much like GUI object model.
The claim that $450 is half off is just bizarre.

The bedroom suite shown with four lamps would cost more for the lamps than the bed, couch, and end tables.
So what are these designers actually looking for? The information is well structured (I picked a random Microsoft product or service and I got to their pages in 2 seconds), and the responsiveness is superb (Resized my chrome and they were some really nice transitions). This is a big step forward for them.
Personal preferences, design philosophies, lots of reasons. I find that office to be pretty unappealing, personally.
James Bond books by Ian Fleming
"In order to buy sole control, he set the valuation of the new shares at something that washed out the "A" round guys. "

That's a significant over-simplification of what happens in this type of situation. There are all type of scenarios, and I've certainly been at a startup in which the founders have ended up with <5% of the company after investors came in with a significant round of $$$ required to grow the company - they certainly didn't consider it a "giant red-flashing signal" (they approved the deal, after all) but instead, a huge raise that led the company to a $1Billion+ valuation.
Hmm, here are some things that I do routinely that don't really show up:

ꙮ I always use enum instead of #define for numeric constants.

ꙮ I nearly always use inline instead of #define for small functions whose efficiency worries me.

ꙮ As a result of those two things, I don't use #define much.

ꙮ Everything global is static unless it's in the public API provided by the file.

ꙮ I use dynamic allocation a lot more than the C in the K&R book.

ꙮ I avoid integer function arguments and return values as much as possible, because they're basically untyped, and I benefit from the limited static type checking done by C compilers. I still use them for cases where I'm actually counting or measuring something, and unfortunately for bitfields. When I'm counting bytes, the correct type is usually size_t or ptrdiff_t, which benefits humans and LP64 platforms, but doesn't get you much static type checking benefit.

ꙮ As a result of those two things, I use arrays relatively sparingly.

ꙮ I basically never use function-static variables because they make thread-safety very difficult if not impossible.

ꙮ Use const wherever applicable. It catches some errors, and it's not nearly as draconian as in C++, so it doesn't cause as many problems.

ꙮ After some experience with C++, I usually "typedef struct foo foo", since it costs me two words in the declaration and saves me the "struct" every time I use "foo" later.

I don't know if these are the kinds of things people mean when they talk about new ways of coding in C, or where to find them documented.
Wello - San Francisco, CA - Full-time, Senior Software Engineer

We are a live fitness marketplace where anyone can find a personal trainer and workout over live video.

Our members work with trainers of their choice (Yoga, Plyometrics, etc) at their own convenience with little or no equipment necessary, save a laptop and an internet connection. Our trainers are highly rated (no one with less that 4 star reviews so far) and we are building a growing but devoted user base. Almost 35% of our users who have worked out once, come back and workout again. However small right now, we generate revenue by taking a cut in the transaction :)

Our audience is elderly, new moms and business professionals who all have a high desire to get or be fit but dont find the time , find it too costly and do not have a regular regimen. With our technology and solution, they can.

Our stack is Django/MySQL. Our video is currently based on top of TokBox. We use Balanced(YC) for our payments since they are well suited for marketplaces like ours. We use Optimizely, MixPanel, Chartio to track our data and learn.

We are looking for a senior software engineer interested in backend and data analysis. We value curiosity, drive and passion over specific technology. However, if you have worked on Python or Video in the past that is a plus.

Email me at jobs@wello.co or check us out at http://www.wello.co/
You should be yelling at the developers who are requiring iOS 6. There are usually ways to incorporate new OS features, without requiring the new OS - kind of like html5 websites that are still visible and functional. It's laziness on the developers part to require a brand new OS.
The typical "me too" entitlement attitude displayed by the incumbent telecommunications companies is not a huge surprise. They might be able to get a parity deal with enough complaining, but I really hope the government makes them offer an extremely competitive (relative to Google) service for it. If they want an even playing field, they'll have to offer an even deal -- simple as that.
Does the 4-AA batteries actually last a full year? I'm not sure how those batteries can maintain a steady wifi connection and survive for a full year. The lowest power wifi chips I know still draw 40mA in RX mode.
Yes, I agree. That's what I said, I was just surprised about his 'overwhelming positive' while I read so many negative comments. Nothing more. I like it; it's clear and easy to read.
Sushi, passion, and entrepreneurship
"But if your visiting an online store and you see a lot of likes under the product then this might cloud your judgement ;)"

I give it 12-24 months before the DoJ/FTC deem Facebook `Likes` illegal under antitrust law, for the exact logic you just laid out. It's a clear antitrust violation because it's a way for firms to mislead customers about the quality of their product.
I sent out notifications from my personal account on August 22nd. It took a bit longer to get the blog post out due to some internal events. So far the response has been positive. Many people who responded were no longer using their applications or had forgotten about them. It is hard to under-state just how few people were still using this stack.

Why do you ask?
Interesting idea. Would love to know how you guys will tackle the tl;dr generation issue—how to incentivize people to contribute, etc.

This is definitely a very interesting space. We ARE moving towards bite-sized pieces of information anyways, and you guys seem to be riding on this trend.

Best of luck, and looking forward to how this will turn out!
We used Lockitron at the Cloudkick office. Super convenient, as it let anyone at the office buzz a guest/delivery through our outer door without leaving their desk. Also awesome: the ability to give visitors temporary access without having to keep track of making keys, ensuring they're returned, blah blah blah. Lockitron eliminated the dumb, day-to-day-headache-type-stuff involved in getting people in and out of our space.
Not quite - looks more like they're just launching a new product and taking pre-orders, no fundraising or rebooting.
Sorry, but that last line sentence has really touched a nerve, maybe I'm being trolled, but here comes my 2 cents anyway.

I personally use PHP all the time, I love it. I can code large, maintainable and secure applications with far more speed than any other language I've ever used ( and trust me I've used a lot ). It's my language of choice when I'm building web applications.

Not only is it available everywhere! but it's been established for long enough that there are a wide range of top quality frameworks and libraries written for it. Oh and these have been written by developers who I'm certain are much smarter than us both.

And why the hell is mobile development any harder than web development. It's just code, not arcane magic. Trust me I've seen, and will continue to see, just as much badly written/badly performing code for mobile applications as I do for web based ones. Just because you're using Objective C / Java as the tool of choice doesn't make you any better or smarter a developer.

If there is a mobile offering coming up based around PHP, I'm looking forward to trying it. If it allows me the same benefits as the language does on the web then I'll be using it, regardless of how many people think that makes me "not smart".
The ZenCash 2-Day Time Investment Plan
Off topic: grok is now my new favorite word.
I like to use hjkl for very short moves, wb for most moves in a sentence, "IA" for insert moves to the start or end of a line. I don't find f to be that useful because I don't like the thought required to figure out what letter I want. I guess it's just a personal preference though.

larger moves are a mix of the {}() and /\v if I know what I am looking for by name. c-f c-b is nice if I am just browsing the code.
Backbone.js tips and tricks
Something about the lighting makes it look odd - like a showcase at a furniture store.
Why use a car? Relies on:

Gas to run
You making sure everything is well maintained
Expensive vs biking
Auto mechanics needed if your car breaks down

Anyone in your area could easily steal your car or explode it rendering it useless.

Doesn't seem like a very good risk/reward ratio to me.

Kidding aside, you must not have read very carefully, since it has NFC and Bluetooth as backups. The DDOS scenario would require a targeted attack, and wouldn't render it useless anyways as per the above. The device works for renters who can't change their lock, but still want some convenience.

Yes, it has some drawbacks. But I think it is an incredibly well thought out device that I'm jumping on.
The website says it works with both Bluetooth and NFC.
I have 2 repos on my github account:

https://github.com/alexmcpherson

One is a scaffolded rails app with interesting folders /scraper and /files

And the other is the microsite that was linked in the parent post
>Of the initial product, which connects strangers for live video chats based on their interests, Parker said, “One-to-one is never viral.”

Wait, what? ChatRoulette wasn't viral? That's not how I remember it.
Dear Europe/America: Stop complaining about the "Great Recession" issue

Search for it. It's been an issue for 5 years. Your request to fix it will not be answered. Just stop asking.